Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston

Katrina Katrell is a bored imaginative child who would love to explore. She gets a glimpse into her future when she spots a creature, Morty while waiting to ride the subway. While escaping her guardian Mrs. Kabone a dreadful woman who has summoned a brain doctor to "treat" Katrina,she meets up with the creature, Morty a zorgle. Morty and Katrina, determined heroine team up to find out why the zorgles have all left Zorgamazoo. Along the way they meet Winnie, another creature whose family has disappeared. Their journey inside a mechanical creature lands them on the moon and there they meet Dullbert Hohummer, the Third. He is the one behind the plan to make earth less interesting by kidnapping the creatures who inhabit earth. Without the creatures, humans would produce more Tedium Steam (boredom) which powers his planet.

Ages: 4th grade and up

Comments: The rhyming was a distraction at first. If kids will check out a story that rhymes, I think they will enjoy the tale.Will Katrina and friends succeed in saving all? This I shall not tell because this nonsensical book was pretty swell.